A SIMPLE TEST PHANTOM FOR STEREOTAXIC COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY

被引:6
作者
EKSTRAND, KE [1 ]
OLDS, WW [1 ]
BRANCH, CL [1 ]
机构
[1] WAKE FOREST UNIV,BOWMAN GRAY SCH MED,DEPT NEUROSURG,WINSTON SALEM,NC 27103
关键词
RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; X-RAY COMPUTED; QUALITY ASSURANCE;
D O I
10.1118/1.597034
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
An easy-to-use phantom has been constructed for checking the accuracy of a stereotactic computed tomography localization system. This phantom has been used on a commercially available stereotactic radiosurgery system. With this system, the phantom reference point, whose location is established by means of a precision measuring implement, can be localized by a computed tomography (CT) scanner with a standard deviation of measurement that is less than 0.3 mm in three orthogonal axes.
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页码:391 / 393
页数:3
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